Mantle-support.



No. 696,I78. Patented Mar. 25, I902.

J. F. w. JUST. MANTLE SUPPORT.

tApplication filed Aug. 12, 1901.) (No Model.)

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JOHN FREDERIO WV. JOST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WVELSBAOH LIGHT COMPANY, OF GLOUCESTER CITY, NE\V JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MANTLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,178, dated March 25, 1902.

I Application filed. August 12, 1901. Serial No. 71,722. (No model.)

To Ml 107w? it y OOH/067%: in connection with the accompanying draw- Be it known that I, JOHN FREDERIO WV. ings, formingpart hereof, and in which- JOST, a citizen of the United States, residing Figure 1 is a View illustrating a device emat Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia bodying the invention and showing the parts andState of Pennsylvania, haveinvented cerdetached. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the 5 tainnewand useful Improvementsin Mantleparts of the device assembled. Fig. 3 is a Supports, of which the following isaspecifiview of the device turned upside down in cation. order to illustrate how it is that the mantle A cord, asof asbestos, run through the top may not be detached, and Fig. 4 is a view of [O of a mantle and tied so as to form a bail is a detail. 60

one of the cheapest ways ofproviding for sus- In the drawings, 1 is the bail of the manpending the mantle. To provide a carrier tle. The bail is formed in the ordinary or consisting of a side support connected with in any preferred manner by, for example, the top of the mantle and of a collar adapted running a cord through the top of the mantle to the burner-head has been advantageous, and tying the ends of the cord so as to form 65 because it permits of the ready application the bail across the top of themantle. of mantles by persons unskilled. However, 2 is a hook on the end of the side support heretofore the attachment of mantles with 3. The hook is of the simplest construction bails to the side supports of carriers insuch and exceeds in depth the length of the bail a way that the mantles would not come off for a purpose to be presently described. 70 when the outfit was shipped presented diffi- 4 is a collar which is adapted to the burnerculties. Solutions for these difficulties have head 5. The collar itself is provided with a been suggested; but they were for the most socket or holder 6. part expensive and cumbersome andinvolved The parts 2, 3, 4, and 6 make up what may the use of an unnecessary amount of wire for be called the mantle-carrier and, together 75 the duplication of side supports. 7 with the mantle 7, constitute a complete de- It is the object of this invention to obviate vice which is shipped and applied by customthese defects and diificulties and to provide ers to their burner-heads. The. distance in for attaching the asbestos or other bail of a the complete device between the top of the mantle to the simple hook of the sidesupport collar 4 and the bottom of the hook 2 is less 83 ot' a carrier in such a way'that little or no exthan the length of the mantle, and the height pense is involved and that the complete carof the bail is less than that of the hook 2, so rier and mantle can be shipped without danthat when the bail is free of the top of the ger of accidental detachment of the mantle. hook the lower part of the hook engages the To these and other ends hereinafter set hole in the head of the mantle, and the man- 85 forth the invention, stated in general terms, tle cannot become detached from the mantlecomprises thecombination of a mantle procarrier even though the mantle is turned upvided with a bail, a collar provided with a' side down, as shown in Fig. 3, and vibrated socket, and a side support provided with a or shaken. It will of course be borne in mind 40 hook and adapted to be set down into the that the mantles when shipped are coated, so 9 socket and secured, the construction and arthat they are comparatively stifi and strong. rangement of the parts beingsuch that when In assembling the parts the skirtof the manthe side support is secured in its socket the tle is passed overthe top of the collar, and the length of the hook exceeds the length of the side support 3 is passed into its holder until bail, while at the same time the length of the the distance between the bottom of the hook mantle exceeds the distance between the top 2 and the top of the collar is less than the of the collar and the bottom of the hook. length of the mantle, whereupon the side sup- The nature, characteristic features, and port 3 and the holder 6 are secured together, scope of the invention will be more fully unfor example, as shown at 8 in Fig. 4. It may 50. derstood from the following description,taken be remarked that when the device has once we been assembled it is impossible to take the mantle off without breaking it or to apply another mantle without breaking the carrier. This is advantageous, because it is undesirable that it should be possible for anyone to acquire old mantle-carriers, perhaps made by popular manufacturers, and fit them up with their own mantles, which may not be so popular.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details Without departing from the spirit thereof. Hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of the invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Thecombination otamantle-carrier consisting of a collar and a side support provided with a hook substantially as described and permanently secured to the collar, and a mantle provided with a bail engaging the hook i substantially as described and a skirt encircling the collar below-its top and exceeding in length the distance between the top of the collar and the bend of the hook, the height of the bail being less than that of the hook.

2. In combination a collar provided with a socket, a side support provided with a hook and adapted for insertion into the socket, a mantle provided with a bail for the hook and having its skirt arranged below the top of the collar, and exceeding in length the distance between the top of the collar and the bottom of the hook, the height of the bail being less than that of the hook, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a collar provided witha socket, a side support provided with a hook and adapted for insertion into the socket, a mantle provided with a bail for the hook and having its skirt arranged below the top of the collar, the height of said bail being less than that of the hook, and the arrangement of the side support in respect to its socket being such as to make the distance between the top of the collar and the bottom of the hook less than the length of the mantle, whereby an attempt to remove the mantle or to supply a new one will result in destroying the mantle or its support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

JOHN FREDERIO W. JUST. In presence of CHAS. ROGERS, J r., Us A. RICHMOND. 

